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A Ashby Woulds Heritage Trail 3½ miles KEY Car Parking Public Toilets Public House Refreshments Church with Tower VITAL STATISTICS DISTANCE 3½ miles (5½km) USERS Walkers, cyclist, horse riders, wheelchairs & push chairs SURFACE All weather TYPE OF ROUTE Linear DIFFICULTY LEVEL Easy, generally flat % OFF ROAD 100% EXPLORER MAP 245 PARKING Conkers, Discovery & Waterside (GR. 309161) Sarah’s Wood Moira Furnace Moira Road car park Donisthorpe Miners Welfare car park (GR. 315139) Church St. car park, Donisthorpe Measham car park (GR. 332119) PUBLIC TOILETS Sarah’s Wood Moira Furnace Donisthorpe Miners Welfare car park Measham car park REFRESHMENTS Navigation Inn, Spring Cottage Conkers Moira Furnace 2 pubs in Donisthorpe Pub in Oakthorpe Various shops and pubs in Measham OTHER ROUTES TO TRY Sence Valley Forest Park When starting the route from either of the Conkers sites, cross the small gauge railway that runs between the sites to join the Heritage Trail just south of Spring Cottage. Sarah’s Wood and Donisthorpe Colliery both have a small network of safe surfaced paths that make a suitable detour or visit in their own right. Did you know? The Ashby Woulds Heritage Trail runs along the former Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway. Opened in 1873, the railway was built to transport coal from the local pits to London and the SE. The line closed to regular traffic in 1931 and the last goods train ran in 1981. Sarah’s Wood is a 10hectare site planted as part of the National Forest. It has been planted with a native woodland and commemorative from around the world in the “Ghandi Goodwill Grove”. There are open grass areas managed for wildflowers, tarmac surfaced paths suitable for all users and a soft surfaced children’s play area with a sandpit. Worth a Visit Conkers, the 45½ hectare, hands-on experience at the Heart of the National Forest is the perfect day out for all the family. Moira Furnace is a Napoleonic iron making furnace site with interactive displays relating to the iron making process and the industries and past societies of Moira. As well as the visitor centre, there are craft workshops and the Furnace tearooms. Useful Contacts Leicestershire County Council: Country Parks, County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8TE tel: 0116 265 6918, fax: 0116 265 7965 email: [email protected], website: www.leics.gov.uk/country_parks Conkers: Rawdon Road, Moira, Nr Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Derbys DE12 6GA tel: 01283 216633, fax: 01283 210321 email: [email protected], website: www.visitconkers.com Moira Furnace: Furnace Lane, Moira, Derbyshire, DE12 6AT tel: 01283 224667, fax: 01283 224667 e-mail: [email protected], website: http://www.nwleics.gov.uk .

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